Hey guys, this is Abi here,
And I feel like it's time to put up my end of the bargain for the second book in the Aaru trilogy. I did not finish this book, but I am writing a review for it nevertheless.
Enjoy!
Title: Aaru Halls of Hel
Author: David Meredith
Genre: ????
Release date: 27th July, 2018
Status: Book 2 in the Aaru Cycle trilogy
Pages: ?
Blurb: "In Elysian Industries' virtual paradise of Aaru, that means she's
practically a goddess. She is immortal. She is powerful. A
limitless paradise is hers and her friends' to command. They are
free from sickness and pain, old age and death. She should be
ecstatic over her prestige and privilege, but the gilded utopia has
lost it's luster.
In a reality where anything can be hers with a thought, and Rose can master any skill instantly with nothing but her imagination, to what can she still aspire? She has all of eternity to fill, but what will her purpose be? Rose adores her sweet, Latin boyfriend, Franco. She loves wiling away endless immaculate days with her friends, but shouldn’t there be more to life than mere play? Also, Rose is dogged by deep concern for her little sister, Koren, the Elysian Industries spokes-model and reality star back in the “Before” world.
Though Koren is wealthy, famous, and idolized by millions of adoring fans, her life is spinning out of control. Her parents’ marriage is on the rocks, and the boyfriend of her dreams, Jonas Perry, seems suddenly indifferent. Koren finds her celebrity increasingly isolating, her grueling work schedule exhausting, and the constant scrutiny of her personal life unwelcomed and intrusive. To top it all off, she has regular nightmares about the death of her friend, Kiku, and the still-at-large Magic Man who nearly stole away her everything.
Koren and Rose have more to fear from this quarter than they know. Magic Man’s obsession with the teenage idol has not lessened, and he is far from defeated. With vital aid from an unexpected source, his nefarious schemes to make Koren his own and to hack the Aaru mainframe are on track and moving forward. Unless the sisters can thwart his sinister designs, everyone and everything the girls hold dear could be destroyed. "
Though Koren is wealthy, famous, and idolized by millions of adoring fans, her life is spinning out of control. Her parents’ marriage is on the rocks, and the boyfriend of her dreams, Jonas Perry, seems suddenly indifferent. Koren finds her celebrity increasingly isolating, her grueling work schedule exhausting, and the constant scrutiny of her personal life unwelcomed and intrusive. To top it all off, she has regular nightmares about the death of her friend, Kiku, and the still-at-large Magic Man who nearly stole away her everything.
Koren and Rose have more to fear from this quarter than they know. Magic Man’s obsession with the teenage idol has not lessened, and he is far from defeated. With vital aid from an unexpected source, his nefarious schemes to make Koren his own and to hack the Aaru mainframe are on track and moving forward. Unless the sisters can thwart his sinister designs, everyone and everything the girls hold dear could be destroyed. "
My Thoughts
When I was approached about reading book 2 in this trilogy, I was kind of looking forward to it. After the mad ending to the first book, I was intrigued as to how Meredith was going to bring the plot forward.
And then I started to read it. And getting back into it took some convincing. From my brain. Because it was soooo slow. And I kept reading because, I remember that book 1 had started off a bit slow, because it was busy explaining the world and the way it all works. But I had hoped that because we'd got the gist of it in the first book, that there wouldn't be so much of it in the second book. I was dead wrong. There was so much description that I frequently lost my train of thought of what the hell it was talking about. And see, I'm aware that this is just a matter of opinion, but I don't like too much description, especially when I'm finding it hard to understand the majority of the words being spoken or described.
And I was getting through the book. Slowly, very very slowly, but surely. And even though I wasn't having the best time, I was making my way through the book. (Maybe like 10 pages a day, because of hectic work schedule.) And then I realised something.
I should not be struggling through this. With the little amount of time that I have left to read, I should be excited to pick the book up, not feel like I'm being punished.
If you didn't know, I'm a mood reader. It's not about logistics with me. Like I want to be excited to pick up a book, whatever it may be about. I go with my gut instinct on what I want to read, and I realised that because it was so sloooowwww, I just didn't have the motivation to pick up Aaru Book 2.
And by this point, I was getting to be almost overenthusiastic when something exciting happened, which is not what reading a book should be like.
So I DNFed the book.
Maybe it was because there was too much description, not enough heart raising scenes or character development (because there didn't seem to be much), but this book just wasn't what I expected it to be.
You may enjoy this book, but I'm sad to say I didn't.
Okay! So that was my review of Aaru: Halls of Hel! It wasn't a totally positive one, but I've got my thoughts out.
Okay! So that's all I've got, and that's going to do it for today's post!
Byeeee!
-Abi xxxxx
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